The Reactants Needed to Produce Simple Polyesters Are
Place a few tablespoons of calcium hydroxide Ca OH 2 in a clear 500 ml reagent bottle and fill with water. You wouldnt expect your polyester fleece to fall to pieces if you went out in the rain. Chapter 17 Flashcards Easy Notecards Polyethylene terephthalate the polyester with the greatest market share is a synthetic polymer made of purified terephthalic acid PTA or its dimethyl ester dimethyl terephthalate DMT and monoethylene glycol MEG. . B diacids and diamines. Before going direct into the main topic What type of chemical reaction produces a polymer let us understand the basics of polymer first. D alkenes and catalysts. Ethylene the common monomer for these polymers is a low boiling -104ยบ C gas. They can be formed from the reaction of a diacid or acid anhydride and a diol with the elimination of water or by ring-opening polymerization of cyclic di-esters. Shake or stir to make a cloudy suspension. Simp...